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> The most generous take I can offer is that a lot of people flooded into tech for the money in the last ten years, and now that the money is tighter all these
by cromka 4d ago
> The most generous take I can offer is that a lot of people flooded into tech for the money in the last ten years, and now that the money is tighter all these people are panicking and trying to cling to anything that looks like a winning lottery ticket.
> Unfortunately that means that for those of us who actually like cool tech, the space is inundated with get rich quick trash and wishcasting. So so much of it on HN right now.
This is, ironically, exactly how I see this myself. In fact, I recently commented here in a similar fashion, although not as eloquently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49436470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49436470
I still think YC can try and do something about this, but realistically it's just damaged beyond repairable.